BILL NUMBER: SCR 34	CHAPTERED  09/02/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   94
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 26, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JUNE 16, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Peace

                        MAY 11, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 34--Relative to the Donna De Neal
Bridge.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 34, Peace.  Donna De Neal Bridge.
   This measure would designate the Interstate 805 Orange Avenue
overcrossing as the Donna De Neal Bridge in honor and recognition of
Donna De Neal.  The measure also would request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.




   WHEREAS, Donna De Neal was a Caltrans (Department of
Transportation) Equipment Operator working in the San Diego
maintenance region; and
   WHEREAS, On February 7, 1995, at 35 years of age, Donna De Neal
was killed by an inattentive motorist on State Route 75 near Imperial
Beach, while she was replacing a damaged sign; and
   WHEREAS, Donna De Neal's career started with Caltrans in July
1987, where she worked in Colton until September 1990, when she was
transferred to San Diego; and
   WHEREAS, Donna was married to Daniel De Neal and they and their
two children, Ahtollie and Marjani, lived in South Bay just off
Orange Avenue; and
   WHEREAS, Donna De Neal was highly regarded by her peers as a good
worker and a leader; and
   WHEREAS, Donna knew that, as a Caltrans Equipment Operator, she
was working beside fast-moving traffic and that any misstep could be
fatal; and
   WHEREAS, Donna also knew the proper procedures for setting up work
zones and parking vehicles close by for extra protection; and
   WHEREAS, Ironically, with all those measures in place, on February
7, 1995, the driver that penetrated Donna's work zone had fallen
asleep behind the wheel and crashed between two protective trucks;
and
   WHEREAS, Donna was an excellent example of the Caltrans
maintenance family in that she was hardworking and dedicated to her
work and her fellow employees; and
   WHEREAS, Donna and Daniel drove over the Interstate 805 Orange
Avenue overcrossing every day to get to and from work; and
   WHEREAS, After a long day's work, as she approached the
overcrossing, Donna knew she was almost home; and
   WHEREAS, It would be a fitting tribute to Donna De Neal to name
the Interstate 805 Orange Avenue overcrossing in her memory; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
Interstate 805 Orange Avenue overcrossing as the Donna De Neal Bridge
in honor and recognition of Donna De Neal; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those plaques and markers; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for
distribution.
